Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage full lifecycle SAP Ariba implementation projects from initiation through go-live and hypercare.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, resource allocations, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, procurement teams, functional consultants, technical teams, and third-party vendors.
• Facilitate project governance meetings, status reporting, steering committee updates, and executive communications.
• Manage project scope, change requests, dependencies, risks, and issue resolution.
• Ensure alignment between business requirements and SAP Ariba solution design.
• Oversee system integration activities involving SAP ECC/S4HANA and other enterprise applications.
• Drive testing activities including SIT, UAT, defect management, and deployment readiness.
• Support data migration planning and execution related to suppliers, catalogs, contracts, and procurement data.
• Monitor project deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards and implementation methodologies.
• Lead cutover planning, go-live execution, and post-implementation stabilization activities.
• Promote stakeholder engagement, user adoption, and organizational change management initiatives.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of overall Project Management experience with at least 3+ years leading SAP Ariba implementations.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end implementations of SAP Ariba modules such as:
  • SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
  • SAP Ariba Sourcing
  • SAP Ariba Contracts
  • SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP)
  • SAP Ariba Supplier Risk (preferred)
• Strong understanding of Source-to-Pay (S2P) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) business processes.
• Experience integrating SAP Ariba with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Expertise in project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, vendor coordination, risk management, and executive communication.
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Certified Scrum Master, or equivalent Project Management certification.
• SAP Ariba certification(s) in relevant modules.
• Experience in procurement transformation programs within large enterprise environments.
• Exposure to change management and training initiatives

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree